Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in the surface water and sediment of parks in Xi'an city, Northwest China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 806; no. Pt 4; p. 150953
• Main Authors: Yu, Xiaoqin, Zhao, Yimo, Zhang, Chutian, Yang, Chengfang, Ouyang, Zhuozhi, Liu, Peng, Guo, Xuetao, Zhu, Lingyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Abundance; China; environment; Environmental Monitoring; Geologic Sediments; Humans; Microplastics; Plastics; pollution; polyethylene terephthalates; polypropylenes; Sediment; sediments; Surface water; tourism; Urban park; urban parks; Water; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; China; Urban park; Abundance; Microplastics; Sediment; Surface water

Microplastics (MPs), as a new type of pollutants, have attracted wide attention especially in recent years, but there was insufficient research on the distribution and characteristics of MPs in urban park water body. In this study, the pollution of MPs in water and sediment of Xi'an, the larges...